Dark Dragon
Explorer
Quartz said:That's a hugely nasty power. Even nastier because the save only halves the effect. The average roll is 50, so even if you make the save, you're aging 25 years.
Very true. It forced the party to turn all attacks against the dragon to eliminate the threat of being aged to death (except for the druid, who is immune to magical aging, and the elf, who has lots of years before him).
I'd say that CR 16 is appropriate for THIS special dragon. Magic Missile, Bigby's Grasping Hand, and Mordenkainen's Sword (and the cleric spell...Ghost Hammer???) are and were very effective against this particular creature.
A true dragon with this template would be a totally different matter and should have a much higher CR adjustment.